Football

Football Recap (Week 2) - Around the SCAC

Sep 16, 2013

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Texas Lutheran took
control of the SCAC standings after knocking off Trinity in San
Antonio for the first time since 1976. The Bulldogs now sit at 2-0
in the SCAC and just need a win over Austin College on October 12th to claim
their first outright SCAC Championship.

AROUND THE
SCAC

The AustinCollege football
team fell 52-34 in an offensive shootout to East Texas Baptist on
Saturday, with the two teams combining for more than 1,000 yards of
total offense in the game. The 'Roos are now 0-2 overall this
season with the loss. The 'Roos used a huge day passing the ball to
keep things close, trailing just 23-20 at halftime, but ETBU pulled
away with 16 fourth quarter points. Noah Jesko completed 26-of-47
passes for 333 yards with three touchdowns against two
interceptions, and Kyle Crawford had a career day with six
receptions for 113 yards and a pair of scores. Madison Ross caught
nine passes for 56 yards and a touchdown and added another score on
the ground, while Bryce Murphy led the ground attack with 45 yards
on 11 carries. Stephen Young had 12 tackles to lead the defensive
unit, while Scott Loy added an interception and Tre Stewart had
seven tackles, including a sack, and also forced a fumble. This
week the 'Roos travel to California to take on Occidental.

The Southwestern defense gave the Pirates a
lead at halftime; however, Bacone College scored 21 unanswered
points late in the second half to hold onto a 32-14 win Saturday
night in non-conference college football action. The Pirates (0-2)
took their first lead of the season when Jarrett Bornstad picked
off a Warrior pass on the Bacone (2-1) 31-yard line. From there the
Pirates would need just three plays as Dante Smith found Colten
Shea for a 17-yard touchdown pass and catch to take a 14-12 lead.
Although the numbers were not as impressive from Shea as last
week's numbers, Wilburn burst through the line from the 8-yard line
to cap a five play 51-yard drive to pull Southwestern within a
touchdown, 12-7. After holding a 14-12 lead at halftime,
Southwestern saw its defense complete another solid effort as they
held the Warriors to a punt and missed field goal in their first
possessions of the second half. The solid defensive effort included
an interception and two fumble recoveries; however the Warriors
controlled the ball for almost 10 minutes more than the Pirates to
wear the defense down. Linebacker Tyler Frisby led the Pirate
defense with 12 tackles and 1.5 sacks. He also added 3.5 tackles
for a loss as Southwestern finished with 7 tackles for a loss in
the game for 37 yards. After holding Bacone scoreless for the first
10 minutes of the second half, the Warriors scored on a long
71-yard pass from Karl Birkenfield to David Chapman. The touchdown
gave Bacone an 18-14 lead after the two-point conversion failed.
The Warriors would get two more quick strikes late in the fourth
quarter to extend its lead. Kyle Kuban found Chapman again followed
by a 57-yard touchdown from Kuban with 2:57 remaining to ice the
game.

The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs erased a 17-point,
second-half deficit Saturday evening and secured a 42-38 Southern
Collegiate Athletic Conference win over Trinity University. The win is
TLU's first victory over the Tigers in San Antonio since 1976. The
Bulldogs were 0-6 against Trinity in San Antonio and 2-11 overall
since the two teams re-started the area rivalry in 2000. TLU
improved to 2-0 overall and to 2-0 in the SCAC. The Bulldogs are
one win shy of clinching the SCAC football conference championship.
TLU faces Austin College for the outright conference title on Oct.
12 in Seguin's Matador Stadium. The SCAC does not have an automatic
bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs. TLU trailed 31-14 at the
half after allowing 330 yards of total offense to the Tigers. The
Bulldogs also endured a string of eight plays in the first half
inside the Trinity 7-yard line that did not yield points. The
Bulldogs came out of the locker room and reeled off four touchdown
drives in the six total drives of offense in the second half. TLU
was stopped at the Trinity 1-yard line on four plays in the second
half but rallied for touchdown drives of 38 and 85 yards to take
the lead for good. TLU ran out the clock on its final drive with a
one-yard run by Marquis Carrollton 4th-and-1 at the Trinity 33.
Trinity opened SCAC play with a 42-38 loss to Texas Lutheran University on
Saturday night, dropping a home game against the Bulldogs for the
first time since 1976. Robert Broyles, filling in for injured
starter Mason Blaschke, threw for 344 yards and three touchdowns in
the game. Matthew Kennemer finished with 178 yards receiving
to tie for seventh on the all-time list for a single game.
The last time a Tiger player had more receiving yards in a game was
2002, when Jason Hunt had 179 yards receiving against DePauw
University. Trinity piled up more than 540 yards of offense in the
game, which marked the most in a game for the Tigers since 2007
(DePauw). Linebackers James Hix (12) and Connor Yorloff (11)
led the team in tackles. Trinity and Sul Ross continue their series
on Saturday, squaring off for the 19th time on the gridiron.
The Tigers have lost four straight meetings heading into the 2013
season, including a 62-35 loss last year. Trinity's last win
was a 21-20 decision in 1980, and each team has won nine games in
the series.